Wheat pennies and buffalo nickles

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Heather Isabell, May 4, 2016.

  1. Heather Isabell

    Heather Isabell New Member

    Hello,
    I am not a coin expert and I just found some. I have some questions about these coins. The buffalo nickles don't seen to show a date. The wheat pennies don't have a mint stamp under the date...Are they worth anything?
     
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  3. Stevearino

    Stevearino Well-Known Member

    Need photos.

    Steve
     
  4. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    If the Buffalo's do not have a date then they were simply worn off from age and time/handling. If the cents do not have mint mark, it is probably because they were made in Philadelphia which did not use mint marks. Only Denver and San Francisco had mint marks. Do though, check the reverse of the Buffalo nickels at the bottom of the reverse to see if there is a mint mark there. This could make them a bit more valuable and to the horror of my friends here, if they do have a mint mark, you might want to invest in Nic-a-date. It is an acid based solution which, when a drop is put where the date is, it will "raise" the date to make it possibly readable. A 1914D or 1921S Buffalo still has a nice premium with a "restored date if this process is done correctly. And there is always a possibility of maybe finding a 1918/1917D overdate this way. But please do post close up photos so we can give you a better idea of what you might have.
     
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  5. Heather Isabell

    Heather Isabell New Member

    2 of these do have dates, and one doesn't. If that helps 20160504_105317.jpg 20160504_105526.jpg 20160504_105752.jpg 20160504_105836.jpg
     

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  6. Heather Isabell

    Heather Isabell New Member

    I also have this. Do you know what this is?
     

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  7. noname

    noname Well-Known Member

    The second one looks like a 1945? 20 centavo US occupied Filipino coin, close ups on that coin may help. Worth a bit over melt.
     
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  8. Heather Isabell

    Heather Isabell New Member

    This is a 1936 one, it is the only one I can see a D below the date, the other ones I just can't tell.
     

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  9. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    The 1 is WW2 Filipino. Have 1 with a little better detail. Took a while to find out what it is
     
  10. Heather Isabell

    Heather Isabell New Member

     

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  11. noname

    noname Well-Known Member

    Yep, definitely 1945, this coin was minted in Denver, and shipped to the Philippines as currency. the coin is 75 percent silver, it looks low grade, and worn, so this coin is not worth much.
     
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  12. Heather Isabell

    Heather Isabell New Member

    I found a D stamp on this wheat penny as well.
     

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  13. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Welcome to CoinTalk, keep it up, ask questions, keep us on our toes.
     
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